Faucet.



'- 'PATENTED FEB. 14, 1905.

1?. GAENSSLBN.

FAUGET.

APPLICATION FILED APB. 2,1904.

Patented February 14, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRIEDRICH GAENSSLEN, or GMUNRGERMANY.

FAUOET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 782,648, dated February14, 1905.

I Application filed April 2, 1904:. Serial No. 201,222.

To all whom, if may concern.

Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH GAnNssLnN, a citizen of the German Empire,residing at Gmiind, Kingdom of Wi'irtemberg, Germany, have in ventedcertain new andusefu'l Improvements in Faucets; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in faucets, and has for itsobject the regulation of the water-jet, so as to prevent splattering ofthe water and maintain the same in a compact column.

The invention has for its further object. the provision of means wherebyan effective closing of the valve is attained with a small degree ofpressure.

In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I have in theaccompanying drawings illustrated a preferred embodiment of the same, inwhich- Figure 1 is an end view of a faucet. Fig. 2 is a sectionalelevation. Figs. 3 and 4 are a side elevation and a transverse sectionof the valve-casing; Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively an end and sideelevation of the discharge attachment.

The faucet a is provided in its valve-chamber with a casing b, which hasperforations 0 formed therein. This casing is pressed upon a valvepacking or washer d by the bush 6. The washer encircles theinlet-opening and serves as a valve-seat for the valve f, carried by thestem g, to Which is attached the han,

dle 76, passing through the threaded bushing e, which rests upon thepacking It will be seen that instead of inserting the washer d inasuitable recess in the valve-seator securing it by a screw upon the endof the valve it lies upon the valve-seat and is held fast around itsouter edge by the perforated socket 6, within which the valve f moves asa piston. By this arrangement a very soft resilient washer may beemployed without its becoming quickly damaged in use or displaced fromits position. This feature is also of value in the employment of softwashers in cases where the valve-seat has become eroded withoutrequiring a regrinding. The perforations 0 in the socket I) provide fora uniform regulation of the Water-inflow under the control of the valve6.

In order to causethe water to flow in a continuous compact column and toobviate-the splattering which usually results when water runs from anordinary faucet onto a flat surface, a discharge attachment h isprovided, which is adapted to be placed within the outlet end ofanyordinary faucet. This consists of a thin metallic sheet bent uponitself in the manner shown, for instance, in Fig. 5, so as to form acylinder having its section divided into a number of channels of thesame size, the outer extremity of the strip inclosing the channels in aspiral manner. The outer diameter of this socket is very slightly inexcess of the inner diameter of the end of the faucet to which it isintended to be applied. By slightly compressing the attachment with thefingers it may be inserted within the faucet and then permitted toexpand. It is held tightly in place by its own resilient properties, andis even more securely fixed in positionwhen the water is turned on byreason of the outward pressure of the water tending to expand thesocket.

It will be obvious that in the bending of the'strip to form thedifferent channels the example given in Fig. 5 need not be followed as apattern, the essential feature being that the interior of the attachmentshall be divided into a number of smaller channels, the more the better,having a cross-section considerably less than their length.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character described, a

sheet-metal strip bent to form a cylinder with 4. In a device of thecharacter described, a resilient sheet-metal strip bent to form acylinder having a plurality of channels therethrough of substantiallyequal cross-sectional area and of a relatively greater length.

5. In a device of the character described, a resilient sheet-metal stripbent upon itself to form a cylinder having a plurality of channelstherethrough of substantially equal cross-sectional area.

6. In a device of the character described, a

sheet-metal strip bent upon itself to form a cylinder having itsinterior divided into segmental channels of substantially the samecross-sectional area.

7. In a device of the character described, a resilient sheet-metal stripbent upon itself to form a cylinder having its interior divided into aplurality of segmental channels of substantially the same cross-section,the opposing walls of the cylinder-channels being movable relative toeach other.

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature to this specification in thepresence of two Witnesses'.

Witnesses:

A. B. DRAUTZ, W. SCHWAEBSOH.

